2015 Tri-Cities Fever season

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2015 Tri-Cities Fever season
OwnerTeri Carr
General managerTeri Carr
Head coachAdam Shackleford
Home field Toyota Center
7016 West Grandridge Blvd.
Kennewick, WA 99336
Results
Record8-6
Conference place2nd
Playoff finishLost Intense Conference Championship 43-86 (Danger)

The 2015 Tri-Cities Fever season was the team's eleventh season as a professional indoor football franchise and sixth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams competing in the IFL for the 2015 season, the Kennewick, Washington-based Tri-Cities Fever were members of the Intense Conference.

Contents

Under the leadership of owner/general manager Teri Carr and head coach Adam Shackleford, the team played their home games at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, Washington.

Schedule

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local time

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1SaturdayFebruary 287:05pm Billings Wolves W 30-13 [1] 1-0 Toyota Center
2 BYE
3SaturdayMarch 147:05pm Green Bay Blizzard L 63-71 [2] 1-1 Toyota Center
4FridayMarch 208:05pmat Cedar Rapids Titans L 8-56 [3] 1-2 U.S. Cellular Center
5SaturdayMarch 287:00pmat Wichita Falls Nighthawks W 58-48 [4] 2-2 Kay Yeager Coliseum
6FridayApril 37:05pm Nebraska Danger W 67-59 [5] 3-2 Toyota Center
7FridayApril 117:05pmat Bemidji Axemen W 54-35 [6] 4-2 Sanford Center
8FridayApril 177:05pm Sioux Falls Storm L 42-624-3 Toyota Center
9SundayApril 263:00pmat Billings Wolves W 58-30 [7] 5-3 Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
10SaturdayMay 27:05pm Colorado Ice W 41-346-3 Toyota Center
11 BYE
12SaturdayMay 167:00pmat Colorado Ice W 52-36 [8] 7-3 Budweiser Events Center
13SaturdayMay 237:05pm Billings Wolves L 45-48 [9] 7-4 Toyota Center
14FridayMay 297:15pmat Billings Wolves L 50-61 [10] 7-5 Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
15SaturdayJune 67:05pmat Sioux Falls Storm L 38-59 [11] 7-6 Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
16SaturdayJune 137:05pm Iowa Barnstormers W 42-39 [12] 8-6 Toyota Center
17 BYE

Standings

2015 Intense Conference
WLTPCTPFPAGBSTK
y-Nebraska Danger 1040.714739636--L1
x-Tri-Cities Fever 860.5716486552.0W1
Colorado Ice 680.4296586664.0W3
Billings Wolves 590.3576386635.0W1
Wichita Falls Nighthawks 4100.2865466156.0L5

Postseason

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
Intense Conference ChampionshipFridayJune 267:15pmat Nebraska Danger L 43-86 [13] 0-1 Eihusen Arena

Roster

2015 Tri-Cities Fever roster
Quarterbacks
  • 14Dominique Blackman
  • --Dante Perez

Running backs

  • 11Andrew Pierce

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • 79Rodrick Gladney
  • 56Gabriel Hampton
  • 52Lloyd Morrison

Defensive linemen

  • 93Darian Barnes
  •  9Jake Killeen
  • 40Brandon Rankin
  • 34Kyler Reed
  • 91Darius Shipley
  • 13Pat Wertz
Linebackers
  • 27Leon Jackson
  •  7Joe Thornton

Defensive backs

  • 21Rudell Crim
  • 17Donterrel Evans
  • 23Aaron Foster
  • 22Lorenzo White Jr.

Kickers

Injured Reserve
  •  3 Dustin Bell DB
  •  1Dennis Kennedy RB
  •  5Houston Lillard QB
  • 99Demonte McAllister DL
  • 10Patrick McCain QB

Refused to report

  • 13Aaron Bellazin DL
  • 90Sean McDonald DL
  • 20Troy Sanders DB

Exempt List

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated June 23, 2015
24 Active, 8 Inactive → More rosters

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